wormoil (wermoil)

Same as wormseed -oil. IMG:content-2575.png:[blocks in formation] worm-shaft (werm's haft), n. The screw- threaded shaft which engages the teeth of a worm-gear or worm-wheel. worm-shaped (werm'shāpt), a. Having the form of a worm; vermiform; vermicular. worm-shell (werm's hel), n. A mollusk of the family Vermetidæ , or its shell: so called from the long twisted or vermiform shape of the shell. See cut under Vermetus . worms'-meat (wėrmz'mēt), n. Food for worms; dead flesh. [Rare.] I am dead Already, girl; and so is she and he; We are all worms ' - meat now. IMG:content-2576.png:[blocks in formation] and by roadsides in North America. This plant worowet, v . A Middle English form of worry . is proverbial, for its bitterne , and was in medicinal use worpet, worparet. Old spellings of warp, among the ancients. It is of a highly tonic property, and is still used in Europe for weak digestion; it was formerly warper . employed for intermit tents and some other troubles, and worret (wur'et), v. See worrit . was once regarded as a vermifuge. It is very largely con worricow (wur'i-kou), n. [Sc., also spelled wor- beverage of the French. (See absinthe and absinthium (with cut)). The name is extended to the genus, or par- ticularly to species closely related to this; various spe- cies have their own names, as southernwood , mugwort, lar- rag on, santonica, and sage -brush. The soure Almaunde, & wermode , & feyn greeke, Frote hem yfere asmoche as wol suffice. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 199. These for frenzy be A speedy and a sovereign remedy, The bitter wormwood , sage, and marigold. rycow and wirrycow ; worry + cow , a goblin, scarecrow.] 1. A hobgoblin; the devil. Worricows and gyre-carlins that haunted about the auld wa's at e'en. Scott , Antiquary, xxi. 2. Any frightful object; an ugly, awkward- looking person; a fright; a bugbear; a scare- IMG:content-2577.png:[blocks in formation] Biennial wormwood, Artemisia biennis , a weed of the interior northern United States, now spreading eastward. It grows from 1 to 3 feet high, and has once or twice-pinnat- ifid leaves, with numerous small greenish heads crowded in their axils.- Oil of wormwood, a volatile oil distilled from the common wormwood, usually of a dark-green color, containing the property of the herb. - Roman wormwood. (a) Artemisia Pontic a , an Old World species, more aromatic and le bitter than the common worm- wood, preferred in Roman medicine, but now scarcely used. (b) By transference of the name, the common rag- weed, Ambrosia artemisiæfolia , a bitter plant with foliage di ected somewhat like that of an artemisia. - Salt of wormwood. See salt1 . - Sea wormwood, the European Artemisia maritima. Silver wormwood, Artemisia argentea, a silvery silky shrub of Madeira. - Tartar i an wormwood. Same as santonica , 1.- Tree-wormwood, Artemisia arbores cens, an erect tree-like species found on wormwood of the West Indies. See Parthenium.- Wormwood wine, wine which has received a bitter taste from having artemisia steeped in it. Compare vermouth . wormwood-moth (werm'wud-môth), n. A rare British noctuid, Cucullia absinth i i . It is gray with black spots, and its larva feeds on wormwood. It is found chiefly in Devons hire and Cornwall. wormwood -pug (werm'wud-pug), n. A British geometrid moth, Eupithecia absinth i at a , whose larva feeds upon wormwood. wormy (wer'mi), a. [ worm +-y1.] 1. Con- taining a worm; full of worms; infested or affected with worms; lousy, as fish; measly, as pork; worm-eaten, as timber, fruit, etc. Damned spirits all... Already to their wormy beds are gone. I must give orders. that worrisome cough of yours. worry (wur'i), v .; pret. and pp. worried , ppr. worrying. [ worryen , wirryen, wyryen, wirien, worowen, worewen, wirwen, * wurzen , wyrgan , found in comp. awyrgan , harm, = OFries. wergia , wirgia = MD. worghen , D. worgen, wurgen = MLG. LG. worgen = OHG. wurgan, MHG. G. würgen , strangle, suffocate, choke; cf. AS. wearh , wearg , werg , a wolf, outlaw ( wyrgen , f., she-wolf, in comp. grund- wyrgen ), = MHG. warc = Icel. vargr , wolf, out- law, accursed person; cf. AS. wyrgan , wyrigan , wergian , wergean , > ME. warien , curse: see war- 2. Worm-like; low; mean; debased; grovelry, v., warriangle , etc.] I. trans. 1. To choke; ing; earthy. Sordid and wormy affections. worn (worn), p . a. [Pp. of wear1, v.] 1. Im- paired or otherwise affected by wear or use. As she trode along the foot- worn pa ages, and opened one crazy door after another, and ascended the creaking stair-case, she gazed wistfully and fearfully around. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xvi. B. Jonson, Epicæne, iv. 2. 3. Wearied; exhausted; showing signs of care, illne , fatigue, etc. Thy worn form pursues me night and day, Smiling reproach. His owen kynde briddis, That weren anoyed in his nest and norished ffull ille, And well ny yworewid with a wronge leder. Richard the Redele , iii. 72. The reek will worrie me. Loudoun Castle (Child's Ballads, VI. 256). 2. To seize by the throat with the teeth; bite at or tear with the teeth, as dogs when fight- ing; kill or injure badly by repeated biting, tear- ing, shaking, etc.: as, a dog that worries sheep; Wolues that wyryeth men, wommen, and children. Piers Plowman (C), x. 226. A hell-hound that doth hunt us all to death; That dog that hath his teeth before his eyes, To worry lambs, and lap their gentle blood. The old worn world of hurry and heat. Lowell, Invitation. Lead the worn war-horse by the pluméd bier - Even his horse, now he is dead, is dear. T. B. Aldrich, Lander. wormwood (wėrm'wud), n. [ wormwod , an altered form, simulating worm + wood1 , of the earlier wermode, wermod, wormod, wermod = MD. wermoed , wermoet , wermōt, wer- wornal, wornil (wor'nal, -nil), n. mōde, wermēde , warmōt , warmōde , etc., = OHG. werimuota, weramōte, wermuota, wormuota, MHG. wermuot, wermüete, G. wermuth (> F. vermout ), wormwood; formation uncertain; ap- par. lit. 'keep-mind, preserver of the mind, from a supposed belief in its medicinal virtues (so hellebore was called in AS. wēdeberge , pre- servative against madne ), werian (= D. weren , weeren = MHG. weren , G. wehren , etc.), defend, protect, keep, + mōd , mood, mind: see wear2 and mood1.] A somewhat woody peren- nial herb, Artemisia Absinthium , native in Eu- rope and Asiatic Ru ia, found in old gardens IMG:content-2578.png:[blocks in formation] And worry one another at their pleasure. The ghastly dun shall worry his sleep. O. W. Holmes, Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian. To worry down, to swallow or put down by a strong ef- fort of the will. [Colloq.] worry And, like a fool, did eat the cow, And worried on the tail. Marquis of Huntley's Retreat (Child's Ballads, VII. 270). Ye have fasted lang and worried on a midge. Ramsay's Scotch Proverbs , p. 82. (Jamie son.) 2. To fight, as dogs, by seizing and biting at each other; be engaged in biting, shaking, or mangling with the teeth.-3. To be unduly anxious and careful; give way to anxiety; be over-solicitous or disquieted about things; borrow trouble; fret. Sensitive people, those who are easily wounded and discouraged, are most apt to worry when affairs go wrong, and yet they are just those whom worry will harm the most and who will lose the most in life by indulging in it. Alien. and Neurol ., VIII. 141. To worry along, to get along by constant effort; keep on in spite of petty difficulties and anxieties. [Colloq.] By and by, if I can worry along into tolerable strength, I am going off-say in mid-winter-to the south of England. S. Bowles , in Merriam, II. 431. worry (wur'i), n.; pl. worries (-iz). [ They will open on the scent as savagely as the youngest hound. and join in the worry Lawrence, Sword and Gown, iii. 2. Hara ing anxiety, solicitude, or turmoil; perplexity arising from over-anxiety or petty annoyances and cares; trouble: as, it is not work but worry that kills; the worries of housekeeping. Among over-burdened people extra trouble and worry imply, here and there, break-downs in health, with their entailed direct and indirect sufferings. H. Spencer , Man vs. State, p. 51. Teasing; trouworrying (wur'i-ing), p . a. bling; hara ing; fatiguing: as, a worrying day. Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares. O. W. Holmes, The School Boy. worryingly (wur'i-ing-li), adv . [